Re-posting a recent home care industry blog... For years now, home care has been a more affordable option than any other type of senior care. Compared to the services available in nursing homes and assisted living residences, the cost for...

Re-posting a blog post from ElderCare Matters. I hear this question frequently, and this is a quick and simple explanation... **************************************************************************** What are some early warning signs of Alzheimer’s Disease? Dementia and Alzheimer’s are often confused as being the same, but they’re...

Continuation from last week's blog entry...there are many healthy lifestyle habits which can assist our aging parents both physically and mentally. -- Get enough sleep. Sophisticated brain imagery is helping experts understand how important sleep is for warding off dementia....

Are you ready to care for your aging parents? According to a recent poll, almost half of our population have taken no steps, and made no plans, to care for elderly parents or family members. Take notice...the time will arrive...

For many aging seniors, the continued ability to maintain lifestyle and self-sufficiency is a huge benefit -- not only for their continued health and functionality -- but to ease the worry for distanced family and friends who may live...

The holidays are over. And many seniors are left feeling a sense of letdown, now that the excitement of visitors, food, gifts, and family have departed. Now we all start having to deal with winter weather...snow, cold, and being...

There are a variety of challenges facing elderly patients when discharged from a medical facility. -- Is your elderly parent really ready for discharge? Is he/she safe to be sent home? -- Medication changes: many times, prescription drugs will be changed...

It is a fairly common expectation for seniors, as well as family members, to expect a return to their pre-hospital or pre-rehab health levels upon discharge from a rehab facility. Unfortunately, this is not practical. And not maintaining realistic...

In the mind of a senior, many times they feel they are "better", or "cured" upon discharge from a hospital or rehabilitation facility. Especially when they arrive back home, where the surroundings are familiar and they can return to...

Re-post from the Social Security Administration... The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides Americans with better health security by expanding coverage, lowering healthcare costs, guaranteeing more choice, and enhancing the quality of care for all Americans. Everyone is entitled to affordable...